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The Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network was established in October 2009 to create a global forum for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working to control onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminths, trachoma, and leprosy. These Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) share a common strategy of community-based health interventions that can be integrated to strengthen health care systems.

NTDs affect the poorest populations in the developing world. Those afflicted with these diseases live in remote, rural areas, urban slums, or conflict zones where there is little money for medication and health care. Control of NTDs is often overlooked in favor of higher priority diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. One sixth of the world's population — more than one billion people — suffers from one or more NTD. The NGOs work independently and as a group to alleviate the suffering and poverty caused by these diseases.

Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by infection from the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis which spreads through contact with eye discharge from an infected person – via hands, towels... Read more

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes. Leprosy is curable and... Read more

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